Curtain and curtain hanging means



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CURTAIN AND CURTAIN HANGING MEANS Filed March 13, 1947 I 2 Sheets-Shes;1

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CURTAIN AND CURTAIN HANGING MEANS Filed March 15. 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Her/5 F/e/a'.

IN V EN TOR.

Patented Oct. 12, 1948 on! so srArEs Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in drapery curtains that can bemade from any suitable material, and the means for hanging them.

Specifically it relates to a novel type of curtain, and to a new meansfor hanging them.

One object of the invention is to provide a cur tain and valance ofintegral construction having the appearance of separate construction.

Another object of this invention is to provide this curtain with avalance that is supported at its upper and lower margins in a transversedirection and also at its ends or sides from the transverse portiontowards the window.

A further object is to provide means for hanging such a curtain that issimple adding little to the cost of the usual conventional manner ofhanging.

These and other objects will be more fully understood by reference tothe drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic front View of a pair of curtains for awindow.

Figure 2 is a diagrammatic front view of a panel curtain for a window,shown broken away.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross section broken away at the lower portion,taken on line 33, of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a top view of the curtains shown in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a front view of a pair of telescopic curtain rods.

Figure 6 is a top view of the rods shown ure 5.

Figure 7 is a front View of another pair of telescopic rods.

Figure 8 is a top View of the rods shown in Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a view showing the side of a bracket.

Figure 10 is a front view of the bracket disclosed in Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a front View of another bracket.

Figure 12 is a side view of the bracket shown in Figure 11.

Figure 13 is a diagrammatic design of a panel curtain in the process ofconstruction showing top and side wings.

Figure 14 is a diagrammatic design of a pair of curtains in the precessof construction each of said curtains having a wing on one side only.

Figure 15 is a disclosure of the curtain shown in Figure 13 after thewings have been folded, and the curtain hung.

Figure 16 shows the curtains disclosed in Figure 14 after the wings havebeen folded and the curtains hung.-

in Fig- Figure 17 is a side View of an alternative bracket.

Figure 18 is a front view of the bracket shown in Figure 1'7.

While the design or pattern of curtain used is very important in orderto secure the desired valance effect, the means for hanging a curtain asdisclosed in this invention are essential to contribute to the valancearrangement.

Figure 1 discloses a pair of curtains 20 and 2! with a dividing linebetween them indicated at 23. Reference character 2 1 identifies aborder of curtain 2!] that can be so woven or colored or both that it issharply distinguished from a body portion 25. Character 26 indicates asimilar design of the opposite border of curtain 2| this curtain havinga body 2?. The heads or tops of these curtains are folded over onto thebody portions to the points indicated by the lines 52 and 53 to formvalances 28 and 29 of curtains 2i) and 2| respectively.

While the valance portions can be woven and colored to improve theirappearance, actual practice shows that a continuation of pattern i. e.longitudinal pattern, produces a rich effect if the border portions arecontinuous in pattern and likewise the body portions.

Attention is called to the greater degree of color tone at the topcorners in Figures 1 and 2. To render a more uniform color a specialtype of curtain will be described in another part of this descriptionthat does not have these heavier color tones at the top corners. Figures13, 14, 15 and 16 disclose this type of curtain.

Figure 2 shows a single panel curtain 3t having distinguished borders 3!and 32 and a top folded valance 33.

The method and means for hanging a curtain will now be described. Figure9 discloses a side view of a bracket 3 Figure 10 shows a front view.This bracket has a body portion 35 and hooks 42 and 43, extendingtherefrom. Figure 11 discloses a front view of a similar bracket but inreverse position and Figure 12 shows a side view of this bracket.Character 35 identifies it and characters A l and 35 indicate the hooks,and 31 the body. One design of bracket is sufficient as it isreversible.

Bracket 34 can be attached in a perpendicular position to the trim orwall on the left top side of a window by means of nails or screws or anysuitable means (means not shown) passing through holes 38 and 39 in thisbracket. Bracket 36 can be similarly attached to the top right side 3 ofa window by any suitable means passing through holes 40 and GI in it.

Bracket 34 and bracket 35 have their hooks extending away from eachother, the upper hooks holding a rod against a downward pull and the.lower hooks securing a rod against an upward pull.

Rods i and SIA shown in Figure 5 are placed on hooks 42 and 45respectively by pressing them downward with the holes 46 and 41encircling their respective cooperating hooks. Rods 48 and 68A arepassed through a rod passageway 49 formed by stitching the lower part ofthe valance of each curtain to itself transversely as indicated incurtain 2i at 59A and 49B. See Figure 3.

The curtains are then hung by passing the head or top of the curtainswith their curtained rods 48 and 48A upward between the window and therods 51 and 51A and then dropping the valance portions downward in frontof the last above mentioned rods with the curtains resting on the top ofrods 5! and 5 IA.

Rods l8 and 48A are then pressed upward with the holes A9 and 53 inthese rods respectively encircling hooks GS and M on brackets 34 and 36respectively. The larger portions of the curtains nearest the windowbeing heavier than the top valances pull these valances upward thusholding the rods 48 and 58A snugly on hooks dB and 44 respectively.

These suspension means are simple and also prevent shrinkage fromlaundering interfering with rehanging as the curtains are each held infixed position by one pair of rods only, i. e. the rods at the lowerpart of the top valance.

A special design of panel curtain 54 is shown in Figure 13 having sidewings 55 and 55 and a top wing 51.

Figure discloses this panel curtain with the wing 55 folded over to lineup at the position indicated by line 55A thus forming a valance 54B.This figure also shows wing 55 folded to a position in alignment withthe position indicated by line 56A to form a valance 56B, and top wing51 folded to a position indicated by line 51A to form a valance 51B.These side wings can be sewed at their edges to hold them in place.

Attention is called to the uniformity of valance design as compared tothe heavy tone of the corners at the top of Figures 1 and 2. Referencecharacters F5, H, 12, 13, M, and '15 identify dotted lines that indicatewhere the wings in ourtain 54 are sewed to it, after folding. The topwing is held in folded position by rods similar to rods 48 and 38A theserods being at the lower margin of the top valance with this valancehanging from rods similar to rods 5| and 51A (the rods for curtain 54are not shown).

Figure 14 shows a pair of curtains GI and 62 having side wings 65 and G6and top wings 63 and 64 respectively.

Figure 16 discloses wing 65 folded to a position in alignment with thedotted line 65A to form a valance 6113., It shows wing 66 folded to apoint indicated by dotted line 66A to form valance 623. The top wings 53and 64 are held in folded position at the points indicated by dottedlines 63A and MA by the rods (rods not shown) in the lower margins ofthe valances 63B and 64B respectively when these valances hang from thetop rods (rods not shown) as do the bodies of the curtains 6i and 62respectively. Dotted lines 16, 11, 18, 1'9, 80, 8|, 32 and 88 indicatestitching that holds the side wings in folded positions.

Curtains 54, 62, and BI can have rodways (not shown) similar to thatshown in Figure 3.

The bracket disclosed in Figures 1'? and 18 has a body 83 and hooks 84and 85 of integral construction. Reference characters 85 and 8! identifyholes in the body for attaching the bracket to the trim of a window orwall, etc.

The novel oppositely positioned hooks shown in this invention not onlyassure equal distances between the two sets of rods in the valance ofthe curtain which is important both in appearance and ease of settingthe hooks, i. e. bracket, but they also are essential as they hold therods which in turn hold the top folded wing to form the valance, whichaffords a curtain and valance of integral construction that have theappearance of separate formation.

The unique folded wings with their two ply structure tend to give theappearance of separate side valances, yet at a very slight addition tothe cost of the conventional curtain.

Although a preferred embodiment of this invention is shown and describedherein it is understood that modifications may be made therein withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the claims.

What I claim is:

1. A bracket for holding curtain rods, said bracket having a bodyportion, a hook integral with said body portion, said hook projectingdownwardly, and another hook above said first mentioned hook alsointegral with said body portion, said second mentioned hook projectingupwardly.

2. Bracket means for use with a curtain having a rod passageway thereinadjacent to one end of the curtain and a plurality of rods forsupporting said curtain comprising; rod holding means disposed on eachside of a window to which the assembly is to be attached, said means oneach side having a rod holding hook projecting upwardly and another hookprojecting downwardly, the hooks on each side being in approximatevertical alignment, the rod held by the lower hooks being disposed inthe passageway of the curtain, the curtain extending upwardly from thelower rod and passing over the rod held by the upper hooks and thendownward, thus forming a valance in front of the curtain proper.

3. Bracket means for use with a curtain having a rod passageway thereinadjacent to one end of the curtain and a plurality of rods forsupporting said curtain comprising; two brackets, one for each side of awindow to which the assembly is attached, each having a rod holding hookprojecting upwardly and another hook projecting downwardly, the hooks oneach bracket being in approximate vertical alignment, the rod held bythe lower hooks being disposed in the passageway of the curtain, thecurtain extending upwardly from the lower rod and passing over the rodheld by the upper hooks and then downward, thus forming a valance infront of the curtain proper.

4. A bracket for holding curtain rods having hooks of similar designprojecting in opposite directions, one of said hooks projecting upwardlyand one of said hooks projecting downwardly, said first mentioned hookbeing disposed above said second mentioned hook, said hooks being inapproximate vertical alignment.

5. A bracket for holding curtain rods, said bracket having a bodyportion and a pair of hooks of similar design, each of said hooks havinga portion extending from said body portion andanother portion projectingvertically from said extending portion, said projecting portion havingparallel lateral sides, one of said projecting portions projectingupwardly and another of said projecting portions projecting downwardly,said hooks disposed approximately in vertical 5 alignment.

CLIVE W. LANPHERE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 10 fileof this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Number Bell Nov. 19, 1901 15 NumberCertificate of Correction Patent No. 2,451,034. I October 12, 1948.OLIVE W. LANPHERE It is hereby certified that error appears in theprinted specification of the above numbered patent requiring correctionas follows:

Column 3, line 17, for the word curtained read contained;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correctiontherein that the same may conform to the record of the case in thePatent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 8th day of February, A D 1949.

- THOMAS F. MURPHY,

Assistant Commissioner of Patents.

